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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 282, Issue 10, Pages 7198-7208Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M610505200
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR-08630, P41 RR008630] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-65440, R56 GM055302, R01 GM065440, R01 GM055302] Funding Source: Medline
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy has provided important insights into the structure and function of the Mn4Ca cluster in the oxygen-evolving complex of Photosystem II (PS II). The range of manganese extended x-ray absorption fine structure data collected from PS II until now has been, however, limited by the presence of iron in PS II. Using a crystal spectrometer with high energy resolution to detect solely the manganese K alpha fluorescence, we are able to extend the extended x-ray absorption fine structure range beyond the onset of the iron absorption edge. This results in improvement in resolution of the manganese-backscatterer distances in PS II from 0.14 to 0.09 angstrom. The high resolution data obtained from oriented spinach PS II membranes in the S-1 state show that there are three di-mu-oxo-bridged manganese-manganese distances of similar to 2.7 and similar to 2.8 angstrom in a 2:1 ratio and that these three manganese-manganese vectors are aligned at an average orientation of similar to 60 degrees relative to the membrane normal. Furthermore, we are able to observe the separation of the Fourier peaks corresponding to the similar to 3.2 angstrom manganese-manganese and the similar to 3.4 angstrom manganese-calcium interactions in oriented PS II samples and determine their orientation relative to the membrane normal. The average of the manganese-calcium vectors at similar to 3.4 angstrom is aligned along the membrane normal, while the similar to 3.2 angstrom manganese-manganese vector is oriented near the membrane plane. A comparison of this structural information with the proposed Mn4Ca cluster models based on spectroscopic and diffraction data provides input for refining and selecting among these models.
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